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The 78-year-old received the award from the Austrian Conference for Adult Education as part of the 55th TV prize for “his socio-political commitment and his always critical view of our country”.
Turrini is described by the jury as “a special and particularly outstanding writer and screenwriter of our time”. “His ‘Alpen- und Arbeitersaga’ shaped the history of several generations and interested in the socio-historical development of Austria.”
Born in Carinthia, he wrote dozens of plays, books, opera libretti, radio plays and screenplays. His first play “Rozznjogd”, which premiered in 1971 at the Volkstheater in Vienna, made him famous. His works have been translated into over 30 languages and his plays are performed worldwide.
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